One should not set aside one life for another

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One should not set aside one life for another

One should not set aside one life for another

One does not cause the death of a person in advance in order to save another person.

("Is it permitted to save the life of a greater person at the expense of a lesser one?... If most of the body has emerged, one does not touch him, for one does not set aside one life for another"—Jerusalem Talmud, Shabbat 14:4. Likewise: "If the head has emerged, one does not touch him, for one does not set aside one life for another"—Sanhedrin 72b.)

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Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין דּוֹחִים נֶפֶשׁ מִפְּנֵי נֶפֶשׁ

Definition (Hebrew)

לֹא גּוֹרְמִים מֵרֹאשׁ לְמוֹתוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם כְּדֵי לְהַצִּיל אָדָם אַחֵר.

("מַהוּ לְהַצִּיל נַפְשׁוֹ שֶׁל גָּדוֹל בְּנַפְשׁוֹ שֶׁל קָטָן?...יָצָא רֻבּוֹ אֵין נוֹגְעִין בּוֹ שֶׁאֵין דּוֹחִין נֶפֶשׁ מִפְּנֵי נֶפֶשׁ"-יְרוּשַׁלְמִי שַׁבָּת יָד, ד, וְכֵן:"יָצָא רֹאשׁוֹ -אֵין נוֹגְעִין בּוֹ, לְפִי שֶׁאֵין דּוֹחִין נֶפֶשׁ מִפְּנֵי נֶפֶשׁ "-סַנְהֶדְרִין עַב ע"ב)

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